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[Urgent Action] Contact your legislators: Second Chance Act and Jail Resolution
On Tuesday, May 19th, the Joint Committee on Finance may consider a budget amendment to pass the Second Chance Act, moving most 17-years-olds out of adult corrections and into the juvenile system. Please take 30 seconds to call your State Senator and Assembly Representative with this message: "Please support the Second Chance proposal to return 17-year-olds to the juvenile system, which will be considered in the budget discussions. Don't let another year go by without making this needed...
June 2015 Newsletter
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May 2015 Newsletter
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April 2015 Newsletter
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Updates from WISDOM
From David Liners: "Before you reform evil, you have to see evil." Rev. Jerry Hancock makes this statement in a ‘For the Record’ TV program. Click so you can watch it now. He and Talib Akbar, both leaders in WISDOM’s MOSES affiliate, do a great job of educating on the evils of Wisconsin’s prison system, especially the abuse of solitary confinement. Our replica of a solitary cell that is touring the state does a good job of letting people see and experience the evil of solitary...
March 2015 Newsletter
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MOSES Responds to Dane County Board Resolution 556
MOSES Jail Task Force has written a position statement, approved by the MOSES general body, with suggestions to improve County Board Resolution 556. We have been informed that, in deference to mourning in the community for Tony Robinson, one of the co-sponsors of Resolution 556 requested that consideration of of Resolution 556 be removed from the agendas of the PP&J and HHN committee meetings scheduled for Tuesday, Mar. 10. The item has been removed and will be scheduled for a future...
Marquette University Exhibit Brings to Light Topic of Solitary Confinement
Watch the News Story Imagine being locked up in a room the size of a bathroom for 23 hours a day with no access to the outside world except mail and prison guards. This is the life of someone in solitary confinement. This week, Marquette University's Campus Ministry and a faith-based organization known as “WISDOM” are bringing attention to this subject. An exact replica of what life is like on the inside is now on display in the lobby of the school's library. Program organizers want to point...
Experience Solitary Confinement at Edgewood College
During the week of March 9th, stop by The Stream in the Theatre Arts building at Edgewood College in Madison WI to experience life in a solitary confinement cell. This experience is contemplative in nature and campus-wide participation is encouraged. The Solitary Cell can be reserved for an individual over a 30 or 60 minute time period. Please contact Tony Garcia, tgarcia@edgewood.edu, for group/classroom visits.
MOSES in the News
From WISDOM: "Rev. Jerry Hancock, president of our MOSES affiliate in Madison, has a very fine opinion piece in the Cap Times. You can emphasize the message by telling Governor Walker that you saw the piece and that you, also, want a response to ideas included in Rev. Hancock’s article. These ideas would save as much as $210 million in the state budget over the next two years. As Rev. Hancock says, “due diligence demands that these realistic alternatives to the mindless increase in the...